Friday, April 27, 2012

A couple of years ago, I wrote about the joys and benefits of cooking with coconut oil. Today I want to take my enthusiasm for coconut oil a step further and confess that this wonderful substance has also become my favorite face and body lotion. It moisturizes and conditions like a charm, leaving my skin a little less like crepe paper every day. Sure, it's a bit like getting oiled up for the spit at first (greased pig, anyone?), but ere long the slippery residue absorbs and you are sitting pretty. Honestly, I am loving the difference––and I love the price, too (relatively inexpensive, and it goes a long way).

Yesterday, I even used the stuff as a hair treatment. Yep, I just rubbed it through my hair until it hung in oily snakes glistened around my face, then popped on a shower cap and let it marinate for a couple of hours. What I like about this hair salad is that it actually takes away the dryness while leaving your locks with some body. In fact, it adds to the body...and I kinda need that, these days.

So there you are, friends. My very best beauty secret is yours to keep. Can't promise you that it will work miracles, but it does work like a charm!

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PS. This is also a great massage oil, with antibiotic and anti-fungal properties. And as I've said before, the extra virgin, cold-pressed, organic brand (Nutiva) is even great to cook with because coconut oil includes high amounts of lauric acid, which is good for cholesterol and aids in weight loss. Some people even swear by it to prevent tooth decay. (The Mia Flora brand is not for ingestion, though.)

I had no idea you were such a coconut oil fan. I love to cook with coconut milk(the canned variety) but I have never thought to put it on this old dry body. I will try it for sure and hope that I am not allergic to it. Where do you buy it, and what is the brand you use for a moisturizer? I can't seem to make out the printing on the bottle you posted.

Is the stuff you put on your dry skin in oil or cream form? Is it also what you put in your hair? You can see that I really do need more info.

Every year I seem to be drying up more and more. What the heck?I have been slathering myself in Aquafore (mostly my feet and hands which get alot of abuse). I am with Jenny I may have to bathe in this stuff - Thanks for the tip!

I watched a You Tube video about a doctor's husband that was tested for Alzheimers disease. The test was to draw a clock and he failed. She was told that her husband had late stage Alzheimers. The doctor asked the diagnosing doctor if there was anything that could be done and she reccomended giving him Coconut oil everyday. After three weeks he was asked to redraw the clock and it started looking more like a clock each and every time he was asked to draw the clock.

I started giving my husband Coconut oil everyday. He even melts it and drinks it. Not that he has Alzheimers (knock on wood)but he was beginning to have memory issues. I hope it helps him.~Ames

I just bought some about a week ago and have used it a couple times for cooking. I thought about using it on my eyes, but thought that might be a bit crazy. After reading your post though, I may just give it a try!!

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